The Cost of Refrigerant Leakage

Typically…

Refrigerant Cost £300 $470 €350 8%(20kg R404a)

Repair Cost £500 $783 €585 17%

Stock Loss £1,000 $1,566 €1,170 34%

Carbon Cost £1,180 $1,848 €1,380 41%

TOTAL £2,980 $4,667 €3,485 100%

Figure 1:The financial impact of a refrigerant

leak over time

Operator business affected

Costs

(£)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Leak starts

Time

Buffer of refrigerant is used, efficiency tails off

System can no longer support cooling load

Consequentiallosses

Additionalenergy costs

Repaircost

Refrigerentloss

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